Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SMITH, THOMAS RAY April 17, 2016 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: GINA BROWN rootsgirl36@gmail.com May 15, 2016, 7:49 am News Star World - April 18, 2016 THOMAS RAY SMITH Thomas Ray Smith, lifetime resident of Rayville, LA, passed away April 17, 2016, after a brief illness. Mr. Smith was born May 15, 1944. He is preceded in death by his son, Thomas Ray Smith, Jr.; parents, Alvin and Clara B. Smith. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jane Thomason Smith; son, Phillip Jared Smith and wife, Jennifer; grandchildren, Ava Elizabeth, Lauren Isabella, and Hudson Thomas Smith; sister, Alice Smith Cumpton, and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Smith was a graduate of Northeast Louisiana University and Louisiana School of Banking at LSU. He was a member of Rayville United Methodist Church and several civic organizations. After 30 years of service, Mr. Smith retired from Richland State Bank as Executive Vice President and Cashier. He will be remembered by the community for his many quiet acts of kindness and generosity. Pallbearers will be Leo Cumpton, Charles Darnell, Fred Scott Franklin, Jackie Fuller, John Patterson, and Malcolm Patterson. Honorary Pallbearers will be Jim Bradford, Pat Patterson, Buddy Rizzo, and Dub Weed. Visitation will be Monday, April 18, 2016, from 5P.M. to 7P.M. at Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville, LA. Service will be 2P.M. Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Rayville United Methodist Church with Reverend John Kavanaugh and Johnny Hoychick officiating. Interment will follow in the Rayville Masonic Cemetery, Rayville, LA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/s/smith5191nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb